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The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage During the Great War
James David Robenalt
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th at 12pm (ET)

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In Defense of Thomas Jefferson: The Sally Hemmings Sex Scandal William Hyland Jr. Last aired: November 1, 2009	The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage During the Great War James David Robenalt Last aired: October 31, 2009
Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos Mike Evans Last aired: October 25, 2009	Robert Dallek, author of "Harry S. Truman" and James Mann, author of "The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan" Robert Dallek; James Mann Last aired: October 18, 2009
The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution 1980-1989 Steven Hayward Last aired: September 13, 2009	A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel Allis Radosh; Ronald Radosh Last aired: August 30, 2009
Reagan's Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster Annelise Anderson; Martin Anderson Last aired: August 29, 2009	A. Lincoln: A Biography Ronald White, Jr. Last aired: August 23, 2009
What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?: Jimmy Carter, America's "Malaise," and the Speech that Should Have Changed the Country Kevin Mattson Last aired: August 23, 2009	Lincoln on Race and Slavery Henry Louis Gates Last aired: August 22, 2009
George McGovern: Abraham Lincoln George McGovern Last aired: August 22, 2009	Rick Perlstein "Nixonland" Organization of American Historians 2009 Rick Perlstein Last aired: August 16, 2009
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America - Part One Douglas Brinkley Last aired: August 1, 2009	The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America - Part Two Douglas Brinkley Last aired: August 1, 2009
Craig Symonds, Lincoln and His Admirals George McGovern; Craig Symonds Last aired: July 13, 2009	Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush Peter Rodman Last aired: July 6, 2009
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt H.W. Brands Last aired: July 3, 2009	What Obama Means for Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future Jabari Asim Last aired: June 21, 2009
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip Matthew Algeo Last aired: June 15, 2009	A Slobbering Love Affair: The True and Pathetic Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media Bernard Goldberg Last aired: June 7, 2009
Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries Daniel Mark Epstein Last aired: May 23, 2009	Harold Holzer on Abraham Lincoln and William Shakespeare Harold Holzer Last aired: May 18, 2009
Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama Tim Wise Last aired: May 10, 2009	American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House - Winner of 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Biography Jon Meacham Last aired: April 25, 2009
The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War James Mann Last aired: April 5, 2009	The Painter's Chair: George Washington and the Making of American Art Hugh Howard Last aired: April 4, 2009
Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme Calvin Trillin Last aired: March 30, 2009	Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future Will Bunch Last aired: March 29, 2009
"A Long Time Coming: The Inspiring, Combative 2008 Campaign and the Historic Election of Barack Obama" Evan Thomas Last aired: March 22, 2009	Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer Fred Kaplan Last aired: March 21, 2009
Panel on the American Presidency with Gary May, "John Tyler," William Leuchtenburg, "Herbert Hoover," and Timothy Naftali, "George H.W. Bush" William Leuchtenburg; Gary May; Timothy Naftali Last aired: March 21, 2009	The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now Harold Holzer Last aired: March 21, 2009
FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression Jim Powell Last aired: March 15, 2009	Thomas Jefferson's Library Mark Dimunation Last aired: March 14, 2009
Panel Discussion on the Books that Inspired Barack Obama Eric Alterman; Susan Jacoby; David Samuels; Colm Toibin Last aired: March 7, 2009	1960 LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies David Pietrusza Last aired: February 22, 2009
Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America Adam Cohen Last aired: February 15, 2009	"Welcome to Obamaland" on Washington Journal James Delingpole Last aired: February 15, 2009
The Faith of Barack Obama Stephen Mansfield Last aired: January 18, 2009	Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "Harry S. Truman" Robert Dallek Last aired: January 18, 2009
Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "His Excellency, George Washington" Joseph Ellis Last aired: January 18, 2009	Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "Traitor to His Class" H.W. Brands Last aired: January 18, 2009
Paranoid Nation: The Real Story of the 2008 Fight for the Presidency Matt Towery Last aired: January 18, 2009	The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power Gene Healy Last aired: January 12, 2009
Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "Herbert Hoover" William Leuchtenburg Last aired: January 11, 2009	Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House" Jon Meacham Last aired: January 11, 2009
Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "The Hemingses of Monticello" Annette Gordon-Reed Last aired: January 10, 2009	Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic Stuart Leibiger Last aired: January 2, 2009
Michael Burlingame, "Abraham Lincoln: A Life" Michael Burlingame Last aired: December 27, 2008	Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter, 1860-1861 Harold Holzer Last aired: December 26, 2008
Dear First Lady: Letters to the White House Dwight Young and Margaret Johnson Last aired: December 25, 2008	1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft & Debs- The Election that Changed the Country James Chace Last aired: December 21, 2008
First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives Bonnie Angelo Last aired: December 15, 2008	America’s First Families: An Inside View of Private Life in the White House Carl Anthony Last aired: December 14, 2008
Reinventing Richard Nixon: A Cultural History of an American Obsession Daniel Frick Last aired: December 14, 2008	Panel Discussion on the American Presidency with Presidential biographers and historians Robert Caro, Ted Sorensen, and Bob Clark James Atlas; Robert Caro; Bob Clark; Ted Sorensen Last aired: December 14, 2008
Jonathan Alter "The Defining Moment" Jonathan Alter Last aired: December 8, 2008	Tried by War: Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief James McPherson Last aired: November 29, 2008
Thomas Jefferson's Library Tour and Radio Show Mark Dimunation; Daniel De Simone Last aired: November 28, 2008	Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars Robert Remini Last aired: November 27, 2008
Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of My Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor Curtis Roosevelt Last aired: November 23, 2008	Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest John Wilson Last aired: November 10, 2008

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights

After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.

One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 11am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.

Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.

Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.

Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.

Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.

America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 2pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 3pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.

Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 8am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, November 7th

8am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe

9am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 57 min.
In Depth: Temple Grandin

12pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage During the Great War
James David Robenalt

1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser

2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar

4pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Listen Up, Mr. President
Craig Crawford; Helen Thomas

4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
A Moveable Feast
Adam Gopnik; Ernest Hemingway; Sean Hemingway; Diane Johnson

6pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Encore Booknotes: Susan Eisenhower, "Breaking Free"
Susan Eisenhower

7pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
Jean Sasson

8pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland

9pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi

11:15pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Nicholas Christakis; James Fowler

Sunday, November 8th

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller

1:15am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Brother West: Living and Loving Outloud, A Memoir
Cornel West

2am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser

3:30am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar

5am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
Jean Sasson

6am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
The House at the End of the Road: The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South
W. Ralph Eubanks

7am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland

8am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming of the Dark Age
Maggie Jackson

9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller

10:30am (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Listen Up, Mr. President
Craig Crawford; Helen Thomas

11am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
After Words: John Fleming, "The Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War" interviewed by Amity Shlaes

1pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Nicholas Christakis; James Fowler

2pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi

3pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin

4pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe

5pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland

6pm (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
2009 Texas Book Festival: Frank Luntz, "What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth about Our Hopes, Dreams, and Fears"
Frank Luntz

6:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller

8pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Brother West: Living and Loving Outloud, A Memoir
Cornel West

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi

10pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi

11pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger

Monday, November 9th

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi

1:15am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
2009 Texas Book Festival: Frank Luntz, "What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth about Our Hopes, Dreams, and Fears"
Frank Luntz

2am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi

4am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming of the Dark Age
Maggie Jackson

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser

6:30am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin

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Upcoming Programs

MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL

Book TV will be live at the 26th annual Miami Book Fair International, November 14th and 15th. The week-long event includes evenings with award-winning authors of all genres and a three-day street festival.
Book TV will feature former Vice President Al Gore, presidential confidante and historian Taylor Branch, and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder on Saturday. Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader and editor-at-large of Commentary magazine Norman Podhoretz (Pod-HOR-etz) will headline Sunday's coverage, with call-in programs scheduled for both. A politics and culture panel Sunday will include Editor of the New York Times Book Review Sam Tanenhaus, Chris Hedges and George Packer.
Join us live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday on C-SPAN2. For more information, www.booktv.org

NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

Book TV will be taping the National Book Awards on Wednesday, November 18, and airing the program the following weekend. Sponsored by the National Book Foundation, awards are given in many categories, including best nonfiction and fiction books of the year. Two of the nonfiction finalists have been covered by Book TV, and you can watch those programs online under our "Featured Video" section. www.nationalbook.org

IN DEPTH

In Depth is Book TV's long form LIVE interview call-in program with one author discussing his or her body of work. It airs on the first Sunday of every month, beginning at Noon ET. Here's a look at some upcoming guests...

December--Joy Hakim
Joy Hakim, former teacher and former editor and editorial writer at the Virginian-Pilot newspaper (Norfolk, Virginia), is the author of several books including the "A History of US" series (10 volumes). The series received the James A. Michener Prize awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies. Her book, “Freedom: A History of US” was the inspiration for the PBS series which premiered in 2003. For more on Ms. Hakim and her work, visit joyhakim.com.